Yesterday was my birthday. Just a few weeks ago, as I was rummaging through old photos—real prints, not pixels on my phone—I happened upon a picture of my younger self at one of my birthday parties. I was standing in front of a layer cake baked by my mother, surrounded by my brothers and sisters, […]
We found that much of the old neighborhood has changed for the better.
Before I wrote the first word of my first novel, Virgin Snow, I knew it needed to be a trilogy and what it would be about. The idea was to follow the journey of the main character, Cosi McCarthy, a West Side girl from Buffalo, as well as the trajectory of the city itself, across […]
There is nothing like a summer on the shores of Lake Erie!
Every summer, when we packed up the old station wagon and made our annual trek to our summer cottage near Point Breeze, we would pass by a very large property on Route 5 that had a magnificent view of Lake Erie. There are two stone pillars near the entrance of the estate with the words, […]
For the first time in American history, the President declared a “federal disaster” to address the devastating impacts of a winter storm.
There never seemed enough time at family gatherings for the three of us to have the “chick-chats” we had once dearly loved.
Where would you rather spend the month of August? In Europe or Buffalo?
This summer, I will find a comfortable piece of driftwood and sit and stare at the water for a while.
Sicilians have a saying—La Famiglia e Tutto (Family is Everything)—and they live by what they say.
I was overlooking an essential ingredient in a long and happy life—the love and support of friends.
I recently learned that September is a month of great trepidation for some people.